| see sth with the naked eye | zobaczyc cos golym okiem |
| accomplish marvels | osiagnac cuda |
| boil down to essentials | sprowadzac sie do podstaw |
| make great strides | make huge steps |
| to abound in great ideas | be full of great ideas |
| a message gets garbled | wiadomosc zostaje znieksztalcona |
| the last THING on my mind | ostatnia rzecz o ktorej moglabym pomyslec |
| stop short of doing sth | zrezygnowac na krotka chwile zanim sie cos zrobi |
| vehicles abound | wiele pojazdów |
| flatly deny | stanowczo zaprzeczac |
| to give a good account of sth | dobrze się spisywać |
| templating | szablonowy |
| exposed stump | odsłonięty kikut |
| underlying principle | podstawowa zasada |
| the final nail in the coffin | gwozdz do trumny |
| get your wires crossed | nie moc sie dogadac |
| to shoot your bolt | wypalić się |
| get into gear | wziac sie do roboty |
| in the vanguard of | in the forefront |
| on the cusp of | at the edge of, on the brink, on the verge |
| set the wheels in motion | set the ball rolling |
| set the scene | zapowiadać coś |
| set out your stall | okazac zdeterminowanie w dazeniu do czegos |
| set a dangerous precedent | ustanowic niebezpieczny precedens |
| set in stone | ustalic cos raz na zawsze |
| set one's teeth on edge | denerwowac kogos |
| run rings round | zostawiac kogos w tyle |
| run the gauntlet | znosic krytyke aby cos osiagnac |
| run a tight ship | manage sth efficiently - miec wszystko pod kontrola |
| pull your socks up | wziac sie do roboty, polepszyc sie |
| pull out all the stops | dawac z siebie wszystko |
| pull a fast one | nabrac kogos |
| blow a fuse | loose one's temper |
| go down the tubes | fail |
| prickly - as prickly as a hedgehog <3 | drazliwy (czlowiek) !!!!!!!!! + idiomik |
| wimp | wymoczek :D |
| put a crimp in | have a bad influence |
| set great store on | przywiązywać do czegoś dużą wagę |
| denouement | solution |
| coup | wyczyn |
| a penchant for | upodobanie do czegoś |
| virulent = contagious = infectious | zaraźliwy np smiech |
| foster = nurture = sustain | wspierac |
| cut corners | pojsc na skroty |
| down and out loser | having no luck, no money - loser !! |
| keep your head above water | utrzymywac sie na powierzchni (np w interesach) |
| feel the pinch | miec problemy finansowe |
| be in the red | If you or your bank account are in the red, you owe money to the bank. |
| on a shoestring | zaczynac na ograniczonym, skapym budzecie |
| on your uppers | to be very poor |
| tighten your belt | zaciskać pasa |